CHIROPTERA Blumenbach, 1779
(bats)

Interactions where CHIROPTERA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
has blood sucked by Major Argas vespertilionis Short-legged Bat Tick, Blyborough Tick Ixodida: Argasidae Ticks of North-West Europe, Hillyard, P.D., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Argasidae/Argas (Carios) vespertilionis/Argas (Carios) vespertilionisshort-legged bat tick, Blyborough tick Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/ChiropterabatsMajor sucks the blood of
dung dung dung may support sporangiophore Coemansia erecta a pin mould Kickxellales: Kickxellaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Kickxellales/Kickxellaceae/Coemansia erecta/Coemansia erectaa pin mouldsporangiophore Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Chiropterabatsdung sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung
roost roost may attract UK/Ireland Tyrophagus putrescentiae a bat mite Sarcoptiformes: Acaridae Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Acaridae/Tyrophagus putrescentiae/Tyrophagus putrescentiaea bat mite Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Chiropterabatsroost is associated with roost
roost roost may attract UK/IrelandXenophagous Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus European House Dust Mite Sarcoptiformes Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus/Dermatophagoides pteronyssinusEuropean house dust mite Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/ChiropterabatsroostXenophagous is associated with roost
roost roost may attract UK/Ireland Coproglyphus stammeri a bat mite Sarcoptiformes: Rosensteiniidae Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Rosensteiniidae/Coproglyphus stammeri/Coproglyphus stammeria bat mite Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Chiropterabatsroost is associated with roost
roost roost may attract larva Fannia canicularis Latrine Fly, Small House-fly, Lesser House-fly Diptera: Fanniidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia canicularis/Fannia canicularislatrine fly, small house-fly, lesser house-flylarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Chiropterabatsroost larva is associated with roost

Author & YearTitleSource
Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British IslesSystematic & Applied Acarology Special Publications Systematic & Applied Acarology Vol 14: 1-20.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hillyard, P.D., 1996Ticks of North-West EuropeSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 52, 178pp, Field Studies Council
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

CHIROPTERA (bats) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
RHINOLOPHIDAE
horseshoe bats
Family 2 subtaxa 24 trophisms 5 references
VESPERTILIONIDAE
a family of bats
Family 17 subtaxa 130 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderCHIROPTERA (bats)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHIROPTERA (bats)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Stebbings, R.E. 1986 Which Bat is that? 49pp, The Mammal Society
Walters, C.L. et al 2012 A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats Journal of Applied Ecology: doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02182.x.

CHIROPTERA (bats) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Boye, P. & Dietz, M. 2005 Development of good practice guidelines for woodland management for bats Research Reports EN Report no 661.
Conservation Management Advice, RSPB. 2005 Habitat Management News (Dec 2005) British Wildlife Vol 17, No 2: 99-101.
Guest, P., Jones, K.E. & Tovey, P. 2002 Bats in Greater London - unique evidence of a decline over 15 years British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 1-5.
Laurence, S. 2003 Savernake Tunnel - an important hibernation site for bats British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 4: 234-240.

Conservation

McCracken, D & Bignal, E, 1991 Chemical alternatives to treatment of cattle with Ivermectin

Pathology

Dodds, D. A brief guide to bat ectoparasites http://www.bats.org.uk/data/files/BatCareConf2018/A_Brief_Guide_to_Bat_ectoparasites_fourth_edition.pdf

Pathology/Mites

Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C. 2003 Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles Systematic & Applied Acarology Special Publications Systematic & Applied Acarology Vol 14: 1-20.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CHIROPTERA (bats):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 97 images of CHIROPTERA (bats)
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